I did GtG with weighted dead bugs for 3 months and got a lot of core strength gains

[ticklishcatneedsjesus]

@thaplongtho I didn't know either. Here's a good video by fitnessFaqs about it:

 

[hebrewrootwife]

@jeanvaljean Where do you put the weight?

 

[jeanvaljean]

@hebrewrootwife I only hold a pair of dumbbells with my hands. My legs are much heavier than my arms, so i didn't add weight to them.

 

[dawn16]

@jeanvaljean How heavy are the dumbbells?

 

[ruslanishe]

@dawn16 I just tried it with 5 lb dumbbells and I felt some pretty intense core burn after ~5 reps per side. YMMV but I wouldn't try it with much more weight than that.

 

[jeanvaljean]

@dawn16 2 kg (~5 lbs)

 

[growlinglions]

@hebrewrootwife I'm very much wondering this as well

 

[reborn777]

@hebrewrootwife Probably ankle weights.

Bands work as well.

Another option is holding a weight straight up with your arms, helps with removing the lats from the equation, I think.

 

[nusue]

@jeanvaljean What is a dead bug?

 

[dawn16]

@nusue

 

[ravivc]

@dawn16 That's an excellent video, thank you for sharing! I'm trying to strengthen my core by doing hollow body progression every day. My lower back arches as soon as I lower straight legs and I think adding dead bugs will really help. This video is great. Why not do the whole session.

 

[messengerofthecross007]

@dawn16 Thanks for sharing. LOL I thought it was a type-o at first

 

[cjomkr]

@nusue It's when you lay on your back and put your feet up like a dead bug.

 

[ravennightsong]

@cjomkr When I read the title I imagined he overfed bugs until they died. Then put them in grocery sacks and lifted them.

 

[cjomkr]

@ravennightsong Then eat them for the protein!

 

[mx83]

@nusue Google it! You can find videos showing proper form.

 

[malgo]

@mx83

deadbugs

It's what I did

 

[nusue]

@malgo Thanks! Looks like a unique ab exercise.

 

[luigi203]

@jeanvaljean Deadbugs are a very under appreciated exercise. I do them all the time. Especially after having hernia surgery.

 

[anonymosib]

@luigi203 What makes them so great comparably?